Mechanical toy.



K. MCLONEY.

MECHANICAL Toy. APPLICATION FILED SPLZB. |916.

Fatemi r di Dec. 11,1917.

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WTE@ STATES PAENT FFIUE.

KENNARD MGLGNEY, OF NEW W'ASI-IINGTN, OHIO.

MEGHANCAL TOY.

Application filed September 28, 1916.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, KENNARD MoLoNnv, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Vlfashington, in the county of Grawford and State of Uhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Me chanical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

'lhis invention relates to improvements in mechanical toys, and has for one of its objects to providea simply constructed device whereby a plurality of objects may be caused to rotate as the device is moved over the ground.

blith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim; and in thedrawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention- Figure l is a plan view of the improved device;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation partly in section and with the handle portion in section on the line 2 2 of lFig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in both the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

ylhe improved device comprises a supporting frame including an axle member 10 from the center of which a handle member 11 leads and terminates in a hand grip 12.

rllhe handle 11 is preferably passed at one end through the axle 10 and secured in place by a nut 13.

Rising from the axle l() near its ends are branches or standards 14C, and mounted for rotation upon the axle are traction members each consisting of a drum portion 15 and a wheel portion 16,the outer faces of the wheel portions being located next to the standards 13 by which they are held from outward displacement, while pins 17 through the axle 10 hold the traction members from inward displacement.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 191'?.

Serial No. 122,690.

The bores of the members 15-16 are substantially of the same diameter as the axle 1 0 so that the traction members rotate without unnecessary jar or looseness. Mounted for rotation upon the standards 13 are members 18 preferably conical, the lower faces of the conical members operating in contact with the traction members so that the rotary f mot-ion of the traction members will be communie-ated by friction to the conical members. By this means as the device is drawn over the ground motion will be imparted to the traction members, and the motion of the latter communicated to the members 18, as will be obvious.

The frame, axle, and its standards, and the` handle, may be of any required size and of any suitable material, but will preferably be of wire of suitable gage, while the traction members will preferably be of wood, and the rotating conical members 18 of paste-board or like material, thus enabling the device to be very cheaply manufactured and sold at slight expense, or given away as an advertising medium.

The conical members may be detached and disposed in parallel relation alongside the handle and the latter bent upon itself intermediate the ends to decrease its length for shipment or storage, and the handle restored to its original shape when the device is again assembled.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isftA toy comprising an axle member having a central late 1ally extending bendable hanu dle, standards rising from the axle near the ends thereof and each including a vertically disposed bearing, traction members mounted for rotation upon the axle near the ends thereof, means for preventing` displacement of the traction members, and conical members mounted loosely upon the standards and having their basesfrictionally engaging the traction members.

In testimony whereof l afix my signature.

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